Disaster Area: Japan Tsunami

Item

Title

Disaster Area: Japan Tsunami

Description

Three signs painted with yellow words on black material and supported by separate steal poles. The first sign is topped with a metal addition painted with: "2011 EARTHQUAKE 04" and a reflector strip painted "3/11/011." The remainder of the sign reads: "TSUNAMI / 9-0 JAPAN / DIED- / 2 NUCLEAR PLANTS / MELTDOWN AND ROD / CRY TO GOD FIRST FOR / HIS HEALING HAND GOD / LOVE ALL HIS CHILDREN / HUMAN FAMILY / COME TOGETHER LOVE PEACE."

The second sign reads: "PSALM / 67 / 1 GOD BE / MERCIFUL UNTO / US AND BLESS US AND / CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE / UPON US SELAH / 2 THAT THY WAY MAY bE / KNOWN UPON EARTH / THY SAVING HEALTH / AMONG ALL /NATIONS."

The third sign is topped with a metal addition painted with: "EARTHQUAKE 04" and a reflector strip painted "12 26." The remainder of the sign reads, in fading lettering: "TSUNAMI / SOUTH ASIA / DIED - AFRICA / MATTHEW 24:7 / 7 FOR NATION SHALL RISE AGAI- / NST NATION. KINGDOM AGAINST / KINGDOM AND THERE SHALL BE / FAMINE AND PESTILENCES AND / EARTHQUAKE IN PLACE/ DIVERS."

On the ground below the first two signs is an arrangement of broken concrete of different sizes, on top of which are placed five vertical red bricks. Additional bricks and concrete pavers line the front of the structure. Around the third sign are piles plastic baby dolls, horses, and sharks, along with jars of shells and metal rods. A television set is part of this grouping on the back of which is painted: "GOD / FORGIVE US / WE PRAISE YOU / SAVE US / THY CHILDREN."

Subject

Creator

Minter, Joe

Language

English

Type

Assemblages (sculpture)